Star Wars Battlefront 2 fails to launch

[Skulduggerry]

Describe the bug

When trying to launch Star Wars Battlefront 2: Celebration Edition from the Epic Games store it always quits with the message
bwrap: Can't chdir to /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/x64/linux: No such file or directory

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Launching "STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II: Celebration Edition" (legendary)
Native? No
Installed in: undefined

System Info:
CPU: 16x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor
Memory: 16.67 GB (used: 3.5 GB)
GPUs:
  GPU 0:
    Name: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Navi 21 [Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT / 6900 XT]
    IDs: D=73bf V=1002 SD=3953 SV=1462
    Driver: amdgpu
OS: Arch Linux 6.14.7-arch2-1 (linux)

The current system is not a Steam Deck
We are running inside a Flatpak container

Software Versions:
  Heroic: 2.17.0 Cutty Flam Franky
  Legendary: 0.20.37 Exit 17 (Heroic)
  gogdl: 1.1.2
  comet: comet 0.2.0
  Nile: 1.1.2 Will A. Zeppeli

Game Settings: {
	"autoInstallDxvkNvapi": false,
	"preferSystemLibs": false,
	"enableEsync": true,
	"enableFsync": true,
	"nvidiaPrime": false,
	"enviromentOptions": [
		{
			"key": "MANGOHUD_CONFIGFILE",
			"value": "/home/felix/.dotfiles/.config/MangoHud/MangoHud.conf"
		}
	],
	"wrapperOptions": [],
	"showFps": false,
	"showMangohud": true,
	"useGameMode": true,
	"useSteamRuntime": true,
	"battlEyeRuntime": true,
	"eacRuntime": true,
	"language": "",
	"beforeLaunchScriptPath": "",
	"afterLaunchScriptPath": "",
	"verboseLogs": true,
	"disableUMU": false,
	"wineVersion": {
		"bin": "/home/felix/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/tools/proton/GE-Proton-latest/proton",
		"name": "Proton - GE-Proton-latest",
		"type": "proton"
	},
	"winePrefix": "/home/felix/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/STAR WARS Battlefront II Celebration Edition"
}

Anticheat Status: Supported
Anticheats: ["FairFight"]

Game launched at: Sun May 25 2025 00:21:35 GMT+0200 (Central European Summer Time)

Winetricks packages: 

Launch Command: HEROIC_APP_NAME=MtMassive HEROIC_APP_RUNNER=legendary GAMEID=umu-0 HEROIC_APP_SOURCE=epic STORE=egs MANGOHUD_CONFIGFILE=/home/felix/.dotfiles/.config/MangoHud/MangoHud.conf LD_PRELOAD= STEAM_COMPAT_CLIENT_INSTALL_PATH=/home/felix/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/.steam/steam WINEPREFIX="/home/felix/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/STAR WARS Battlefront II Celebration Edition" STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH="/home/felix/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/STAR WARS Battlefront II Celebration Edition" PROTONPATH=/home/felix/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/tools/proton/GE-Proton-latest WINE_FULLSCREEN_FSR=0 PROTON_DISABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_EAC_RUNTIME=/home/felix/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/tools/runtimes/eac_runtime PROTON_BATTLEYE_RUNTIME=/home/felix/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/tools/runtimes/battleye_runtime STEAM_COMPAT_APP_ID=0 SteamAppId=0 SteamGameId=heroic-StarWarsBattlefront2 PROTON_LOG_DIR=/home/felix/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl WINEDEBUG=+fixme DXVK_LOG_LEVEL=info VKD3D_DEBUG=fixme /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/x64/linux/legendary launch MtMassive --no-wine --wrapper "/usr/lib/extensions/vulkan/MangoHud/bin/mangohud --dlsym /app/bin/gamemoderun "/home/felix/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/tools/runtimes/umu/umu_run.py"" --language en --origin

Game Log:
[cli] INFO: Logging in...
[Core] INFO: Trying to re-use existing login session...
gamemodeauto: 
gamemodeauto: 
INFO: umu-launcher version 1.2.6 (3.12.10 (main, Nov 10 2011, 15:00:00) [GCC 14.2.0])
WARNING: Executable not found: start
INFO: steamrt3 is up to date
bwrap: Can't chdir to /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/x64/linux: No such file or directory
============= End of log =============

Steps to reproduce

1. install the game from your library
2. it should show the EA App installer
3. now try to launch the game
4. the game does not launch and the error above can be found in the logs

Expected behavior

it should allow to install the game from the EA App and launch it

Screenshots

No response

Heroic Version

Latest Stable (Flatpak)

System Information

• OS: Arch Linux x86_64
• Kernel: Linux 6.14.7
• Proton Version: GE-Proton10-3
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700x
• GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
• RAM: 16 GB DDR4

Additional information

No response

[Po11da]

I had the same issue (flatpak, 2.17.0), but I was able to resolve it by following these steps:

1. Install the game through EA App.
2. Add --dry-run parameter and enable verbose logs.
3. The log will end with the following line:
   [cli] INFO: Origin launch command: /app/bin/gamemoderun /home/user/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/tools/runtimes/umu/umu_run.py start 'link2ea://launchgame/MtMassive?AUTH_PASSWORD=49fj493jd93jd93dk&AUTH_TYPE=exchangecode&epicusername=EpicGamerNick&epicuserid=9e9493jj93939djnd&epiclocale=pl&theme=sws&platform=epic&Hotfix=go' (note: this is not my actual login info)
4. Add game to the Heroic library with the following parameters:

• prefix is the same as for EA App/Battlefront 2
• executable is /your/prefix/location/drive_c/Program Files/Electronic Arts/EA Desktop/EA Desktop/Link2EA.exe
• in preferences, set link2ea obtained from logs as game argument:
  "link2ea://launchgame/MtMassive?AUTH_PASSWORD=49fj493jd93jd93dk&AUTH_TYPE=exchangecode&epicusername=EpicGamerNick&epicuserid=9e9493jj93939djnd&epiclocale=pl&theme=sws&platform=epic&Hotfix=go"
  Heroic will complain about incorrect placement of variables – ignore it.

6. Launching the newly added game will launch Battlefront 2.

Note: It seems that AUTH_PASSWORD is regenerated every time the game is launched – or at least it would seem so from my experience, although more thorough resting is required to confirm. This means that new link2ea url may have to be obtained for every launch from logs.

[roydbt]

I had the same problem, and when I looked at @Po11da 's solution I realized that what he had done was basically disable umu. So I tried doing just that on the original game (after installing it via the EA app) and it works.
I have tried that 3 times, each time only loading the main menu and exiting:

1. The game started offline, could not connect the game to the servers via the GUI, and after exiting the EA app opened up. I had to manually close the app from within, and that stopped the app in Heroic.
2. The game started offline, and when pressed to connect to the servers, it succeeded, but froze the game. Same thing with the EA app on exit.
3. The game started online, and everything seemed to work. Same thing with the EA app on exit.

[Skulduggerry]

Disabling umu at least results in the EA App showing up.
I will install the game and try if it runs later.

[Po11da]

TBH I just found random article online, which relied on article made back in the Origin days I followed most of the steps with some tweaks. At no point I knew what I was really doing or why it works, but I didn't want to bring the morale down.
Disabling umu launches the original game, no other modifications necessary. At first it started offline and couldn't connect to servers, but I'm not overly concerned since this issue occurs also on Windows and can only be fixed by closing the app. I was more concerned that it didn't want to launch at all on subsequent trials, but after switching few settings on and off/off and on again I was able to make it launch again… and subsequent launches work as well without additional fiddling. So it seems just disabling umu indeed works?

[subcidr]

Can confirm disabling UMU works here too!

[Mystogab]

I "solved" this by not using Heroic.
Installed Lutris and epic game store with wine GE-Proton10-3, I had to solve a bug where it keeps on eternal loop of updating and relunching (to fix it rename the directory adding idk like a 1 at the end, then change the executable path to match, launch once, close it, put back all same as before and it will run)
Then from there I just logged in, installed battlefront 2, and after a first login into EA launcher it works.
Some times it gives me 721 error I think it was, like "it cann't connect to EA services" but after a couple of retrials or closing and opening the game again worked.
Playtrhough is pretty smooth and didnt notice any lag or anything network related.

[SilverDark6]

I have a similar issue to OP, I'm using Bazzite. Disabling umu in Heroic did not fix. I've tried this approach:

I "solved" this by not using Heroic. Installed Lutris and epic game store with wine GE-Proton10-3, I had to solve a bug where it keeps on eternal loop of updating and relunching (to fix it rename the directory adding idk like a 1 at the end, then change the executable path to match, launch once, close it, put back all same as before and it will run) Then from there I just logged in, installed battlefront 2, and after a first login into EA launcher it works. Some times it gives me 721 error I think it was, like "it cann't connect to EA services" but after a couple of retrials or closing and opening the game again worked. Playtrhough is pretty smooth and didnt notice any lag or anything network related.

However, I'm unable to find a way to get the EA App from staying open while running under GE-Proton-10-x, hotfix, experimental, or GE-Proton-9.27. The EA App opens, I can sign in, and then moments later from the interface it crashes. The most stable way to have the EA App + Epic Games Store apps open at the same time seems to be using wine-10.8-staging-x86_64, and I was able to install Star Wars Battlefront 2 (2017) in this configuration, but the game is an unresponsive black screen with only a cursor and choppy sound playing when it runs. This is why I'm trying to run it using GE-Proton.

Curious if there's a known solution to what seems like the EA App intentionally not playing nicely with GE-Proton.